89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026
HSB 227: HSB 227
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill relates to the development of an internet exchange point and the use of moneys in the empower rural Iowa broadband grant fund. The bill defines “content delivery network” as a network of servers and their data centers that are geographically distributed to facilitate rapid access to information on the internet. The bill defines “internet exchange point” as a physical infrastructure through which internet service providers and content delivery networks exchange internet traffic between their networks via peering relationships.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
House subcommittee · named February 18, 2021
- Rep. Ray Sorensen (R) · ray.sorensen@legis.iowa.gov
- Rep. Chris Hall (D)
- Rep. Jeff Shipley (R) · jeff.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 0 for, 13 against
Against: AT & T; Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance; City of Des Moines; Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI); Iowa Cable and Telecommunications Association; Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce; Iowa Communications Alliance; Iowa Institute for Cooperatives; Lumen; Mediacom Communications Corporation; Technology Association of Iowa; Verizon Corporation and Affiliated Companies; and 1 more
In plain words
- February 18, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the Information Technology committee
- February 18, 2021House subcommittee named: Sorensen, Hall and Shipley
- February 23, 2021Subcommittee recommended passing it
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HSB227